BOOKISH
\bˈʊkɪʃ], \bˈʊkɪʃ], \b_ˈʊ_k_ɪ_ʃ]\
Definitions of BOOKISH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"
By Princeton University
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characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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Fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned; making a display of learning; as, bookish talk.
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Bookishness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Bookishness.
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Fond of books, acquainted only with books.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Fond of books; pedantic; unpractical.
By James Champlin Fernald
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